Motion pictures as a phase of commercialized amusement in Toledo, Ohio ([c1919])

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Record Details:

Title:
Motion pictures as a phase of commercialized amusement in Toledo, Ohio
Date:
[c1919]
Publisher:
Toledo, Ohio, Printed by Little book press
Volume:
Motion pictures as a phase of commercialized amusement in Toledo, Ohio
Leaf #:
00064
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion pictures, Social surveys","Amusements -- Ohio Toledo
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"A selected bibliography on moving pictures": p. 216-219
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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68 MOTION PICTURES AS COMMERCIALIZED In order that the survey should be of value an effort was made to study the problem at various hours of the day, morning, afternoon, and the new long light evenings, and also to observe various dis- tricts, which might be classed as superior, medium and neglected neighborhoods. The results in all parts of the city were aston- ishingly uniform, and the summary showed that 68 per cent of the children were out on the sidewalks, 8 per cent were in the yards, 10 per cent were in parks and playgrounds, and the remainder of 14 per cent were evidently "going somewhere." The recreations in which the children were also propor- tionately uniform throughout the city: 62 per cent were doing nothing that could command a more dignified name than "fooling," 29 per cent were using apparatus of some kind, bicycles, roller skates, scooters, or the swings, bars, or swimming pools of the city playgrounds, and only 9 per cent were play- ing anything that even resembled an organized game. The cause for the absence of games is not very far to seek. Almost all good games, such as our national favorite, baseball, require considerable space in which to be played, and our games have therefore disappeared with our vacant lots. The middle of the street, which was also the child's stronghold a few years ago, is now pre-empted by the automobile and the children have been driven off, not because they minded the danger in the least, but merely because the interest in a game cannot